Sir Nicholas Poyntz (1510-1557)
after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
610 x 432 mm (24 x 17 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 851995
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Sir Nicholas Poyntz (1510-1557), British (English) School, after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), 17th century. A portrait of Sir Nicholas Poyntz, head and shoulders in profile to the left, in black, wearing a jewelled hat with a white feather.
Provenance
purchased by the National Trust at Sotheby's sale of the contents of The East Wing, Ickworth, Suffolk, 11-12 June 1996
Credit line
Ickworth, The Bristol Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1956)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed centre right: IE OBAIS A QVI IE DOIS / IE SERS A QVI ME PLAIST / ET SVIS A QVI ME MERITE Inscribed lower right: ETATIS SVAE 25 / ANNO 1535
Makers and roles
after Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543), publisher attributed to British (English) School, publisher
References
Vertue 1935-36 George Vertue, Notebooks, vol.IV, The Twenty-Fourth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1935-1936, p.190 France and Banting, Catalogue & Valuation of Pictures the Property of the Earl of Bristol at the Warehouse of Messrs France & Banting, James Street Haymarket taken April 19th 1819 valued by William Seguier, Coventry Street, no.18